Articles by: Fred McCoy

Bonsai trees serve as a symbol for trends spawned via Asian culture and tradition, and with the growing interest in how taking care of plants in relation to cultivating ones’ soul, we find that .
(September 22, 2008)

With the Olympic Games winding down the day before, the Democratic National Convention is one of the most widely anticipated television events with little on the air to compete for it. Yet aside from .
(August 24, 2008)

Humans by default tend to group together no matter what the situation. At a certain point, race, class, gender, religion, or any superficial social divide seems to crumble when there are thousands, ..
(August 17, 2008)

Many thought with the Bush regime coming to an end, he could do no more harm to damage the United States or the world. We thought that with him at the Olympic Games kicking back and taking time off, ..
(August 13, 2008)

With houses being foreclosed, families running into debt, and even food prices on the rise, it's a wonder that you still see so many people shopping and running up their credit bill. These shoppers, ..
(August 07, 2008)

Dolce and Gabbana, Armani, and even Gucci have been seen lately in the fashion business world faltering with the luxury brand sales among the younger, hipper crowd. These luxury brands were once ..
(August 10, 2008)

We've all seen it. The infamous plaid shorts. For those of us who grew up in the suburbs of any major city, we all understand that these shorts are automatically linked with popped collars and polo ..
(July 08, 2008)

It's bad enough in the design world when aesthetic trends lead to an over saturation of poor design and artistic style, but when it spills over into fashion it creates a whole new web of problems. We .
(July 13, 2008)

Armies and civil institutions are characterized by their uniforms to show their group as a collective and collaborating body of people. Preparatory school systems work much along the same line of ..
(July 13, 2008)

If you live in a major city, or even the suburbs of one, you know that ‘vintage’ clothing is what's in style this season. This is completely understandable, after all with the soaring ..
(July 13, 2008)

The title says it all; how many people above the age of thirteen actually use birthday invitations? Not many. With the advent of email, less and less people are actually using real mail (snail mail) ..
(July 20, 2008)

With the summer already upon us (and dwindling for a few of us), we find ourselves in all sorts of predicaments. These situations range from silly things such as making sure to visit a water park ..
(July 21, 2008)

In suburban areas you tend to find people waking up at 6am, jogging around the town, and sitting down for their morning latte without a care in the world. These early morning folk are socially ..
(July 27, 2008)

The graphic tee has always been considered something of low to mid class fashion. People living in high rise apartments in the middle of New York City would never have been caught dead wearing a ..
(July 30, 2008)

The older you get, the more wedding invitations you receive in the mail. There will come a point in your life when you start receiving one a week from old high school buddies, fellow college ..
(July 30, 2008)